This go around on Two Bloggers One Book, Barb and I decided to get nostalgic with a trip down memory lane with a book set in the 80’s but with the characters from the Happy Day’s TV show. After you check out mine go take a lot at what Barb thought, I am pretty sure we had similar thoughts on this one!

Here is what I thought

I used to love watching Happy Days reruns on TV when I was a kid and like many Fonzy was one of my favorites, so when I seen this book I was curious.

This is a story told in the 1980’s and Richie Cunningham is now known as Richard and is working in Hollywood as a writer. He is married to Lori Beth and they have two kids and life has been okay but his career has took a nosedive. He wrote a great screenplay that got nominated for an Oscar and now nothing. He worked for three years on a screenplay he loved but nobody wants heartfelt stories it’s the 80’s they want cool slasher movies, fast cars, etc. His agent tells him about a gig he has for him to write a screenplay for a space movie that sounds a lot like Star Wars except for there is more cleavage happening. Richard can’t believe his life has come to this and then he gets a call that his best friend from his younger years has been killed.

So he goes back to his hometown in Milwaukee for Fonzy’s memorial and while he is there he finds out that something wasn’t right with what happened to Fonz. So he gets involved in trying to figure things out.

So this is a very nostalgic book and because of that I enjoyed most of this book but it was a bit of a let down because it was kind of boring in spots. The mystery of Fonz didn’t even happen till we were over 50% in (it was totally to easy to guess whodunit) and so I felt that he first part of the book really dragged, but in that first part was some great Happy Days memories which was enjoyable but still it dragged.

I think this would be enjoyable for mostly fans of Happy Days, I don’t really see it being a lot of fun for those who are not familiar with the show as I said before it could be boring. I am glad I read it because the ending really was the best part and I did enjoy the nostalgic feeling it gave me.

Stormi

I think I love the idea of the book taking the characters and revisiting them in the future. Sorry it didn’t work for you. It sounds like it could have been a fun ride if done correctly. Great Review! 🙂

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